Sunday, December 18, 2011
Deck layout
Cockpit recess
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Back to work again
Here I am laminating the Stern Stem with strips of Ash. I wet the strips with hot water to let them bend without breaking. When the wood dries, the bend will remain and I will glue it all up.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Keel strips
The spring clamps that I use come from Home Depot. I have 50 or 60 of them. Home Depot sells them for $1 each. Today I went to Aco Hardware and they have the same clamps for $11 each !!! At eleven bucks each I could pay for a whole kayak with what 50 clamps would cost. I think I will get some more of them before Home Depot changes the price.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Just laying strips
Monday, January 31, 2011
First Glue
The wood is western red cedar from CLC in Annapolis MD. I got five boards of dark and five boards of light. I sawed them into strips and then my cheep a%# table saw died. The wood cost more than the wood I can get from the lumber yard but it is much better wood. No knots and very good color. I might use a little bit of Zebra wood on the deck pattern. It is very beautiful, very heavy, and very expensive.
I was able to sell some things on e-bay over the weekend so now I can get a better table saw to replace the dead one from China.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
The wedge
Saturday, January 8, 2011
setting the forms
It can all be set up or taken apart in a few minutes. That is how this set up differs form the strong back I built for the Guillemot. The Guillemot strong back is built as a unit an can not be taken apart. ( A big mistake on my part ).
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Petrel Strong back
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